B Locrian Ukulele Scale, Chords & Progressions

The B Locrian scale on ukulele: scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: B C D E F G A

Tuning: Standard (G C E A)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

4NPS - Fourth Position

A|--4---5---7---9--10--12--14-|
E|--4---5---7---9-------------|
C|--7---8--10--12-------------|
G|--8--10--12--14-------------|

4NPS - Fifth Position

A|--5---7---9--10--12--14-|
E|--5---7---9--11---------|
C|--8--10--12--13---------|
G|-10--12--14--15---------|

4NPS - Sixth Position

A|--7---9--10--12--14-|
E|--7---9--11--12-----|
C|-10--12--13--15-----|
G|-12--14--15---------|

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bdim	B D F	`x 2 1 2`
I	Bdim	B D F	`x 2 1 x`
I	Bdim	B D F	`x x 1 2`
I	Bdim	B D F	`4 2 1 2`
II	C	C E G	`0 0 0 3`
II	C	C E G	`0 0 3 3`
II	C	C E G	`0 4 0 3`
II	C	C E G	`5 4 3 3`
III	Dm	D F A	`2 2 1 0`
III	Dm	D F A	`7 5 5 5`
III	Dm	D F A	`7 5 5 8`
III	Dm	D F A	`7 9 5 5`
IV	Em	E G B	`0 4 0 2`
IV	Em	E G B	`0 4 3 2`
IV	Em	E G B	`4 4 0 2`
IV	Em	E G B	`4 4 3 2`
V	F	F A C	`2 0 1 0`
V	F	F A C	`5 5 5 3`
V	F	F A C	`5 5 5 8`
V	F	F A C	`5 5 8 8`
VI	G	G B D	`0 2 3 2`
VI	G	G B D	`4 2 3 2`
VI	G	G B D	`0 2 3 5`
VI	G	G B D	`7 7 7 5`
VII	Am	A C E	`2 0 0 0`
VII	Am	A C E	`2 0 0 3`
VII	Am	A C E	`2 4 0 0`
VII	Am	A C E	`2 4 5 0`

Arpeggios

Chords: Bdim – C – Dm – Em – F – G – Am

A|5-----------3---5---2---------------5-----------3---5---2-------|3-----------2---3-------------------3-----------2---3-----------|
E|1---1---5---------------5---1-------1---1---5---------------5---|0-------3-----------5---3-----------0-------3-----------5---3---|
C|2-------------------------------2---2---------------------------|0---4-----------------------4---0---0---4-----------------------|
G|2-----------------------------------2---------------------------|0-----------------------------------0---------------------------|

A|5-----------3---5---2---------------5-----------3---5---2-------|2-------2---5---3---------------2-------2---5---3---------------|
E|1---1---5---------------5---1-------1---1---5---------------5---|3---3---------------5---1-------3---3---------------5---1-------|
C|2-------------------------------2---2---------------------------|4---------------------------4---4---------------------------4---|
G|2-----------------------------------2---------------------------|9-------------------------------9-------------------------------|

A|3-----------2---3-------------------3-----------2---3-----------|5-----------3---5---2---------------5-----------3---5---2-------|
E|0-------3-----------5---3-----------0-------3-----------5---3---|1---1---5---------------5---1-------1---1---5---------------5---|
C|0---4-----------------------4---0---0---4-----------------------|2-------------------------------2---2---------------------------|
G|0-----------------------------------0---------------------------|2-----------------------------------2---------------------------|

A|3-----------2---3-------------------3-----------2---3-----------|
E|0-------3-----------5---3-----------0-------3-----------5---3---|
C|0---4-----------------------4---0---0---4-----------------------|
G|0-----------------------------------0---------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Bdim – C – Dm – Em – F – G – Am

A|------------------------2-------3---2---------------------------|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|
E|--------1-------5---------------------------5-----------1-------|----------------3-------5-----------5-------3-------------------|
C|2---------------------------------------------------------------|0-------4-----------------------------------------------4-------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|------------------------2-------3---2---------------------------|----------------2-------3-------5---3-------2-------------------|
E|--------1-------5---------------------------5-----------1-------|--------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|
C|2---------------------------------------------------------------|4---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|------------------------2-------3---2---------------------------|
E|----------------3-------5-----------5-------3-------------------|--------1-------5---------------------------5-----------1-------|
C|0-------4-----------------------------------------------4-------|2---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|
E|----------------3-------5-----------5-------3-------------------|
C|0-------4-----------------------------------------------4-------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bm7b5	B D F A	`2 2 1 0`
I	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 2 1 0`
I	Bm7b5	B D F A	`2 2 1 2`
I	Bm7b5	B D F A	`2 2 1 x`
II	Cmaj7	C E G B	`0 0 0 2`
II	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 0 0 2`
II	Cmaj7	C E G B	`0 0 3 2`
II	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 0 3 2`
III	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 1 0`
III	Dm7	D F A C	`2 0 1 0`
III	Dm7	D F A C	`2 0 1 x`
III	Dm7	D F A C	`2 0 1 3`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 2`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 x`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`x 2 0 2`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 3 2`
V	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 0 0 0`
V	Fmaj7	F A C E	`2 0 0 0`
V	Fmaj7	F A C E	`2 0 0 x`
V	Fmaj7	F A C E	`2 0 0 3`
VI	G7	G B D F	`0 2 1 2`
VI	G7	G B D F	`0 2 1 x`
VI	G7	G B D F	`x 2 1 2`
VI	G7	G B D F	`4 2 1 2`
VII	Am7	A C E G	`0 0 0 0`
VII	Am7	A C E G	`0 0 0 x`
VII	Am7	A C E G	`0 0 0 3`
VII	Am7	A C E G	`0 0 3 0`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`2 0 1 2`
I	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`2 2 1 3`
I	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`4 0 1 0`
I	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`5 2 1 0`
II	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`0 2 0 2`
II	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`4 2 0 3`
II	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`4 2 3 3`
II	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`4 0 0 5`
III	Dm9	D F A C E	`2 2 0 3`
III	Dm9	D F A C E	`2 4 1 3`
III	Dm9	D F A C E	`5 2 0 0`
III	Dm9	D F A C E	`2 0 0 5`
IV	Em7b9	E G B D F	`0 2 1 2`
IV	Em7b9	E G B D F	`0 4 1 5`
IV	Em7b9	E G B D F	`0 5 0 5`
IV	Em7b9	E G B D F	`4 5 0 5`
V	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 0 0 0`
V	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 4 1 0`
V	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 4 1 3`
V	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`2 4 3 3`
VI	G9	G B D F A	`0 2 1 0`
VI	G9	G B D F A	`2 2 1 2`
VI	G9	G B D F A	`4 2 1 0`
VI	G9	G B D F A	`0 5 5 2`
VII	Am9	A C E G B	`0 0 0 2`
VII	Am9	A C E G B	`2 0 3 2`
VII	Am9	A C E G B	`4 0 3 0`
VII	Am9	A C E G B	`4 4 3 0`

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